Stories
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The problem of the punctured heart
During World War II a young American surgeon working in England perfected shrapnel-removal techniques that saved dozens of lives. Discover how one case sealed his reputation as the founder of cardiac surgery.
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The hidden history of homesickness
Gail Tolley delves into the history of homesickness and discovers that its rich past holds a clue to how we view the experience today.
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The shock of cardiac arrest when you’re young and fit
Footballer Christian Eriksen’s on-pitch collapse in 2020, witnessed by thousands, was shocking. Fellow cardiac-arrest survivor Meg Fozzard explores the risks in the young and fit, and how we can all help.
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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
Catalogue
- Books
Heart disease / Regis A . DeSilva.
DeSilva, Regis.Date: 2013- Books
Heart disease / Philip Johansson.
Johansson, Philip.Date: [1998], ©1998- Books
Heart disease : including coronary thrombosis, angina, endocarditis, tachycardia, heart failure, rheumatic heart disease / by Geoffrey Bourne.
Bourne, Geoffrey.Date: [1954]- Books
Heart disease / editor, Craig Donnellan.
Date: 2000- Ephemera
Heart disease ephemera. Box 1.